հոյ
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Persian هوی (hūy, “fear, dread”), Old Armenian հիանամ (hianam), Latin paveo, Old Irish úath, Welsh ofn.
Noun
հոյ • (hoy)
- fright, fear
Derived terms
- խոյակապ (xoyakap)
- Հոյ (Hoy)
- հոյակապ (hoyakap)
- հոյակապեալ (hoyakapeal)
- հոյանուն (hoyanun)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հոյ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հոյ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 416